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Posted by 49Reo
- October 11, 2012, 13:18:48 PMWhen I rode up to Whitehorse in '08, I met a Ural, with a hack, Blaze Orange, knobby tires like a dirtbike, sounded like an old John Deere tractor when it went by me. They are a tough bike; google them and see some of the 'torture tests' the military puts them through; it is amazing. Wouldn't like to be the poor slob in the side car though! 
Regards and such,
49Reo
Posted by 45 Bravo
- October 11, 2012, 12:02:57 PMWhen i lived in Colorado, I used to see a guy with a ural riding in the snow, it was the model with the sidecar wheel driven off of the bikes rear wheel..
They are only a 750, and come in 2 gearings (high altitude, and low altitude)
Really a neat bike.
but not unique like our Drifters.
Sorry to get sidetracked.
Posted by 49Reo
- October 11, 2012, 11:42:18 AMQuote from: CDNRatMan on October 11, 2012, 07:03:55 AM
49'r pity for you, I had to scrap the windshield this morning before heading off to work. But I am hoping to get a ride in before it snows ........
No pity-party out here, pal, we takes it like it comes!! Bigger problem than -3 to -5 is all the MUD from all the sideroads and truck traffic; mud on the pavement in places makes it look like a dirt road, plus .6 mile of dirt side road that is VERY slick when wet, from my driveway to the pavement.
Regards and such,
49Reo
Posted by 49Reo
- October 11, 2012, 11:35:06 AMQuote from: 45 Bravo on October 10, 2012, 23:05:13 PMI like snow, (when not on 2wheels)
I also like your antique diesel plant holder.
(My brother restores old engines & bikes)Sorry to hear the season is cut short up there this early..
45 Bravo
Could be worse; and has been some years. Incidentally, that is not a diesel; it is a 1 1/2 hp Stover gasoline engine; one of my parts engines. I have been collecting and restoring these old flywheelers for longer than I care to think about. I have 2 engines that are over 100 years old; one, a 3 hp Gray Marine inboard, 2-stroke runs on straight gasoline, NOT mixed gas,(lets see if some of you mechs can figure that one out!)built in 1902, and a 1910 Fairbanks Morse type N; HUGE! Shipping weight from factory, not including fuel tank, cooling tank, or skids, was 2200 lbs. Plus a multitude of others up to 1948 (my newest) including a 1926 Briggs and Stratton.
Anyway, got off topic off topic here; there have been years where biking is over by 3rd week of September, and not back until mid-May. So all in all no complaints (well, not too many,anyway) about the weather. Just means time to cover them and move on to other projects/hobbies like old engines, tractors, guns, yada-yada. 
Regards and such,
49Reo
Posted by CDNRatMan
- October 11, 2012, 07:03:55 AM 49'r pity for you, I had to scrap the windshield this morning before heading off to work. But I am hoping to get a ride in before it snows .........
45 hard to ride with both legs in a casts and in traction.......lol....making fun of us up north here......
Posted by 45 Bravo
- October 10, 2012, 23:05:13 PMI like snow, (when not on 2wheels)
I also like your antique diesel plant holder.
(My brother restores old engines & bikes)
Sorry to hear the season is cut short up there this early..
45 Bravo
Posted by 49Reo
- October 10, 2012, 22:17:22 PM (Around here, anyway) Got up to this this morning, 
NOT nice! -3 C (around 25F to you fine folk south of the Canadian border) At least I went riding yesterday. Time to put 'em away up here for the winter I guess. 
Regards and such,
49Reo